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Devoid of human life, the building appears to exist in a postapocalyptic era: the metallic walls of the suite have bloomed in rust, giving them the appearance of mahogany paneling; the carpet has evolved into a forest of moss. Elsewhere in Detroit, Moore has photographed trees growing from a mulch bed of decaying books in a library warehouse and dense tangles of vine enveloping the last houses left on streets that were, within living memory, densely populated. </P>\r\nWhile permeated with a sense of despair, these works also offer hope for a new future. \"In an urban setting,\" Moore states, \"you could also have a landscape happening, the forces of nature intersecting with American urbanism, the process <BR>of decline also intersecting with the revival of nature.\"</P><B>\r\n</P></B></SPAN>","remarks":"MM Rotation February 2016"}],"media":[{"id":22760,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/2009-115","isprimary":1,"rank":1,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":"Restricted","caption":"Artist's photography"}],"hasimage":"true","bibliography":[{"boilertext":"\"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2009,\"&nbsp;<em>Record of the Princeton University Art Museum</em> 69 (2010): p. 51-85.","citation":"\"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2009,\"&nbsp;<em>Record of the Princeton University Art Museum</em> 69 (2010): p. 51-85., p. 81","date":2010,"id":1248,"uri":"https://www.jstor.org/stable/41757697"}],"exhibitions":[{"exhibitionid":1374,"citation":"The Life and Death of Buildings (July 23–November 6, 2011)","isvirtual":true,"begindate":"2011-07-23","enddate":"2011-11-06","uri":"https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/exhibitions/1374"}],"geography":[{"displaygeography":"Place made: North America, United States, Michigan, Detroit, Model T. 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